Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore superintendent to retire

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Constantine "Costa" Dillon stands behind the park headquarters in 2010. Dillon on Tuesday announced plans to retire in August.

Organ, tissue donation promoted

Porter Health System CEO Jonathan Nalli reads the donate life proclamation while staff and others gather Tuesday near the main entrance to Porter Regional Hospital. The ceremony was held in observance of National Donate Life Month.

Organ, tissue donation promoted

Porter Health System CEO Jonathan Nalli, center in background, reads a proclamation Tuesday while maintenance tech Jerry Scott, left, raises a Donate Life flag near the main entrance to Porter Regional Hospital. Staff and others gathered near the hospital's main entrance in observance of Nat…

Organ, tissue donation promoted

Jerry Scott, a Porter Health System maintenance tech, raises a Donate Life flag Tuesday near the main entrance to Porter Regional Hospital. The ceremony, which featured CEO Jonathan Nalli reading a proclamation, was in observance of National Donate Life Month.

Obama says U.S. must shift cars, trucks off of oil

LEMONT, Ill. | Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline.

Dune Acres dedicated to neighbors, environment

The National Parks Conservation Association and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore work with college student and faculty volunteers in June 2011 to plant native species at Cowles Bog in Dune Acres.

6 leaking tanks are Hanford nuke site's latest woe

In this March 23, 2004, file photo, workers at the tank farms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., measure for radiation and the presence of toxic vapors. Six underground radioactive waste tanks at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee s…

2012 year end national stories

Hundreds pack Conn. church for vigil after mass shooting

Former President Bush moved out of intensive care

HOUSTON | Former President George H.W. Bush's condition continued to improve Saturday, prompting doctors to move him out of intensive care, a spokesman said.

I Got Chills…

Students have novel idea

Crown Point Christian School middle school students work on creating novels recently in Denise Detmar's classroom. About 18 of the students embarked on a journey to try to write a novel within the month as part of a national challenge.

Students have novel idea

At the stroke of midnight on Nov. 1, 18 Crown Point Christian School middle school students embarked on a journey to try to write a novel within the month as part of a national challenge. Started more than 10 years ago, more than 250,000 students worldwide will participate in the program tha…

Students have novel idea

Teacher Denise Detmar talks to her novel-writing students as they work on their stories in the hallway Friday at Crown Point Christian School. Middle school students embarked on a journey Nov. 1 to try to write a novel within the month as part of a national challenge. On average, students st…

Students have novel idea

Crown Point Christian School middle school students work on creating novels. Eighteen sixth- through eighth-graders embarked on a journey to try to write a novel within the month as part of a national challenge.

Broadway praise: Chicago actress Hollis Resnik back home for run of 'Sister Act'

Chicago actress Hollis Resnik has played a nun on stage a few times during her career.

Sarah McCreanor flees Deadly Nadder in "Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular"

Sarah McCreanor flees Deadly Nadder as the cast reacts in the national tour of 'Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon' at Chicago's United Center for a string of performances through Sunday, July 29, 2012.

WILDCAMP

Abe Paluch, Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction District outdoor educator, leads the Water and Me summer camp Thursday at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

WILDCAMP

Kira Andrews, 7, of Portage, pours water through rocks to illustrate how rain works its way into groundwater Thursday during the Water and Me summer camp at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

WILDCAMP

A drawing of Lake Michigan is taped to the wall Thursday during the Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction District's Water and Me summer camp at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

WILDCAMP

Ryan Demarco, 8, of Portage, shakes his rain stick with other kids Thursday at the Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction District's Water and Me summer camp at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.